Anna and Bethany

Visit with the Beck's

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June 23rd 2005
Today we all went up to Ostrava, north and a little east of Brno by a two hour car ride. We saw a couple castles up on the hills as we drove along. Crazy to think about how many there are over the countryside that they are just common place. We didn't see anything of the town. When we told the Brno Czech's that we were going to Ostrava they just curl their nose up and furrow their brow and ask ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Moravian-Silesian Region » Ostrava

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more